A review by kricketa
Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly
5.0
after the death of her younger brother, andi feels stranded. she's flunking out of her prestigious school in nyc because all she does is play her guitar. meanwhile, all her mother does is paint portraits of trueman. when andi's nobel prize winning scientist father finds out she hasn't started her senior thesis yet, he checks her mother into a mental hospital and takes andi to paris with him for three weeks. a family friend is converting his building into a museum of the french revolution, and he encourages andi to play a beautiful antique guitar. later, andi finds a diary hidden in the lining of the guitar case. it's written by alexandrine, a teenager thrown into the chaos of the revolution and desperately trying to save the life of the dauphin, louis XVII.
oh man, i loved this. it's a breathtaking piece of work. the way donnelly weaves the parallels between andi & alex is deft and becomes even more mindblowing the more i think about it. and i can't seem to stop thinking about it. i loved the ending too. it ends perfectly. oh so very extremely highly recommended.
oh man, i loved this. it's a breathtaking piece of work. the way donnelly weaves the parallels between andi & alex is deft and becomes even more mindblowing the more i think about it. and i can't seem to stop thinking about it. i loved the ending too. it ends perfectly. oh so very extremely highly recommended.